Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats .260 model 7 custom?

There is some ignorance being put out in this thread. The Model 7 is a 700 all the way to the back of the magazine box, from there it is shorter everywhere. This means the magazine length is exactly the same as a SA Rem700. It is not built 'off a 600', it is a shortened design of the 700 and to many is a more suitable offering for a hunting rifle.

Whilst I wouldn't build a target rifle on one, it won't be any more, or less, successful than a 700 based build.

Now, the best hunting stock I've found is the Wildcat Composites Carbon stock. It weighs in at a real world 16oz out of the box, a whole 18oz with bedding, painting and a flipflop recoil pad.

I built a Model 7 7/08 last year which went 6lb 5oz with a Kahles CL 2-7 on it. A friend liked it so much I'm currently finishing off a Model 7 based 260 for him which will go sub 6lb with the Leupold 2-7 Lightweight he has chosen, some fluting of the bolt and minimal paint.